tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post5201226941512439393..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: The Child Thief of Greyhawk, Murq the WizardDyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-47842785820968515332015-10-18T10:13:46.324-04:002015-10-18T10:13:46.324-04:00He's recruiting his own cabal, and he's ge...He's recruiting his own cabal, and he's getting them young. Imagine a friendly wizard coming to visit you when you're 5 or 6 years old, he shows off his magic, maybe he takes on an "adventure" through a dimension door, then he offers to teach you all he knows but you have to agree to leave your life behind. Someday Murq will return to Greyhawk, with twice as many wizards as Patrick Mallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906639025904535922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-44846698518214839232015-10-15T13:54:00.915-04:002015-10-15T13:54:00.915-04:00Thanks! It's the repetition of the "no on...Thanks! It's the repetition of the "no one knows what happened to the children" bit that's most interesting to me, and implies he didn't just kill them. But if not a sacrifice, then what?thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-55090738540673793732015-10-15T13:29:37.421-04:002015-10-15T13:29:37.421-04:00Why would Murq just kill the kids when he can turn...Why would Murq just kill the kids when he can turn them into his own private platoon of janissaries?<br /><br />It has been fifteen years, so that means the five to ten year olds he kidnapped are now between 15 and 20. That sunuvabitch has had fifteen years to raise a small cadre of children of noble blood and inculcate their minds with all sorts of weird and bizarre beliefs. He has also had Warren Aboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671897478928823164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-38819125585358710322015-10-15T10:20:30.691-04:002015-10-15T10:20:30.691-04:00Fraz-UrBluu is a dire choice, and not to be dismis...Fraz-UrBluu is a dire choice, and not to be dismissed casually. However, if it were a Devil that Murq wanted to appease, my money would be on Moloch. *shiver*<br /><br />The children of nobles kind of suggests to me that the entity was particular about who the sacrifices were... And we all know there's nothing more picky than a devil!<br /><br />Thanks for your blog! Brilliant stuff...Gerall Kahlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324435667145977126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-26078915560641151162015-10-15T05:44:08.729-04:002015-10-15T05:44:08.729-04:00"Perhaps Murq is responsible for all those ki..."Perhaps Murq is responsible for all those king's-heirs-working-as-farmhands you see in fantasy stories."<br /><br />Wouldn't that be a strange turn of events if he were actually working for the ultimate good of the world by moving these king's heirs into a different position so that they learned a better way to rule their kingdoms? That's really good Kelvin!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-88991273053891965392015-10-15T05:41:56.155-04:002015-10-15T05:41:56.155-04:00He certainly bothers the shit out of me, that'...He certainly bothers the shit out of me, that's for certain!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-65878574493330734832015-10-15T03:55:42.499-04:002015-10-15T03:55:42.499-04:00I don't know. Sacrificing the kids seems a bit...I don't know. Sacrificing the kids seems a bit mundane for someone as strange as Murq. I like the focus on nobility; perhaps he's a political weirdo who is kidapping noble children then delivering them to poor, childless couples in some sort of twisted attempt at engineering social equality.<br /><br />Perhaps Murq is responsible for all those king's-heirs-working-as-farmhands you seethekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-85272328487909872622015-10-15T01:43:46.969-04:002015-10-15T01:43:46.969-04:00Brilliant post!
Wow, I've never given Murq muc...Brilliant post!<br />Wow, I've never given Murq much thought until now, but he is truly one of the most evil bastards in all D&D isn't he?Mike Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741591268012556455noreply@blogger.com